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Ahead of the World Cup, South African Soccer Dreams

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South African children play in a Dreamfields soccer tournament. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff

Boys in their school uniforms wait to suit up in their new soccer outfits, provided by the Dreamfields Project, and take part in a tournament in Vanderbijlpark, South Africa. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff

Soccer cleats are included. Dreamfields is also building soccer fields in poor areas. Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff

Sponsors contribute ‘Dream bags’ that hold 15 uniforms, 15 pairs of cleats (sizes provided by the coach), and three soccer balls. Students gathered to receive their new soccer ‘kit.’ Melanie Stetson Freeman/Staff